here's a screen, you screen whores.
Take note, in the first screen there are moving platforms. They are pretty rad. The little toads actually hop on them, ride upwards and hop to the next one its really quite entertaining.HERE IS MY QUESTION:Should I implement a kind of black sludge? A deadly liquid that must be evaded. Water would be too cliche and frankly not very threatening. I was thinking a black sludge or some kind of black quicksand. You would have to avoid it, perhaps find a switch to raise platforms to get across it, etc. what do you think? do you have any other ideas? Perhaps I could put in some poisonous shrubs or venus fly trap-like enemies. HMMMM.
Water (or other liquid) with piranha type creatures in it
You still 'hiring'?
I'm thinking a noxious, heavy gas like V suggested. It lends itself to far cooler graphical effects.
i agree with juju and others. graphic effect is very nice for this game. and also, something to avoid would be nice.
for example(kinda metroid but), theres a pool of this sludge, and you can find out that there is a becon thing under the ground to turn into the other mode. so that way you can go around it by going under/through it.I like sluuuuuudge.
The first idea that got in my head is an area covered in shifting sands or sludge of sorts - when you're around the middle, two giant sand/sludge hands arise from the opposite sides, insert themselves into the middle of the area, and pull sand/sludge in their respective directions, stretching it until you fall into the dark tunnel between and get trapped.
Just make the toads ooze the sludge.
Why black? Why not some dark color, probably one that you do not use. It could be industrial waste, thick sludgy mixture of whatever material and chemical waste is extruded from the production.
yeah, like tar. you should get stuck in it, slowing your movement, but if you stay on it too long, you sink.
dont worry about it merging into the black, you can have a particle effect behind it, but poking out of the edges. it should be very dark with some bubbles and a dark purple haze above it, but behind it to show its shape.Edit: like thishttp://www.64digits.com/download.php?name=tar.gif&id=47835